Chapter 16: The First Taste of Sweetness and Love of Hunting
Tian Miao has an innate fear of snakes, and when she saw the dead snake in Junzi's hand, she subconsciously hid behind Tian Youjin's back.
"A wild girl who is not afraid of heaven and earth, and is still afraid of snakes?" Kiko saw her reaction and immediately made fun of her.
"Oh, what does this smell like? It's really stinky, could it be that the black blind man's is fermenting in someone's mouth? Tian Miao didn't reply to him directly, but made a stinky appearance.
"Miao'er, don't be so rude." Tian Zhancai was afraid that Xizi would be unhappy, so he hurriedly spoke out to stop Tian Miao, in his heart, these three people were not people they could offend.
Although he was only a peasant, he was not stupid, and it was not difficult to guess from their clothes and behavior that they must be extraordinary people.
"Grandpa Tian, if the two of them don't pinch each other, it won't be them." Junko put the dead snake in the back basket of Kiko, and explained to Tian Zhancai with a smile.
"Let's separate here, we're going into the mountains." When they came to a fork in the road, Tian Miao pointed to the other side and said.
"How do you know we're not going into the mountains?" Bai Yiran looked like you had guessed wrong.
"Didn't you come here looking for clues?" Tian Miao asked rhetorically, she knew that they were here to check the scene of Grandpa Zhang's murder.
"You guessed it." Bai Yiran saw her determined appearance, and her mood suddenly improved.
After they said goodbye to each other, Tian Miao and the three of them walked in the direction of entering the deep mountains, while Bai Yiran and the three of them walked on the other path.
"Junko, you go to town tomorrow and get back the information I want." Bai Yiran waited for the three of them to walk away before he spoke.
"Yes, master." Junzi changed her previous smile and changed her expression to a plain and strict expression.
"Master, do you think there's something wrong with her?" Kiko leaned forward and asked.
"It always doesn't hurt to check it, as a child born and raised in the village, she seems to know more." Bai Yiran's heart was very conflicted, he didn't know if he found out that her identity was not ordinary, would he really be able to do it?
"Maybe she's just talented, maybe she's smart." Kiko doesn't feel like the kind of person who doesn't look like her.
"Hope." Bai Yiran flew away as he spoke, flying towards the place where Father Zhang was killed, and when Junzi saw this, he immediately grabbed Xizi's collar and quickly followed Bai Yiran.
Just now they were afraid of scaring the Tian family's father and son, so they walked with them, and they had no scruples at this time, of course, how quickly they came.
"Miao'er, do you know who they are?" The more Tian Zhancai thought about it, the more he felt that this was a problem.
"I don't know, Bai Yiran said that his mother and Grandpa Zhang are old acquaintances, and they lived in our village to find out the truth." Tian Miao replied truthfully.
"Dad, why are you asking about this?" Tian Youjin saw that his father's expression was solemn, and immediately asked with concern.
"It's nothing, they just don't look like ordinary people." Tian Zhancai always felt that there was something in them, and he couldn't tell what it was.
"At first glance, I knew that they must be the children of a rich family, and those clothes were not cheap." Tian Youjin smiled.
"I don't think they're ordinary rich people, Miao'er, you try to have as little contact with them as possible, we can't afford to provoke people like them." Tian Zhancai's wariness of them was out of his instinct.
"Master, don't worry, I know it." Tian Miao said sincerely, but she didn't think so in her heart.
It is because they are not ordinary people that she wants to interact with them, maybe from them, she can find her own way to get rich. She couldn't explain the importance of connections to the two fathers and sons, so she planned to let them see for themselves and then realize the truth for themselves.
People in the village rarely come into the mountains, and I heard that there used to be hunting in the mountains, but since someone was bitten to death by a black blind man, almost no one has come up. Most of them are just near the mountains where there are no animals, chopping some firewood or digging some wild vegetables.
"Miao'er, we can't go any further, this forest is too dense." After Tian Youjin walked for a while, he stopped.
"Dad, there's nothing here, why don't we go in?" Tian Miao is really convinced, and now he is still on the north slope.
"Useless things, go ahead, this northern slope is too close to the village, we have to cross the top of the mountain to the southern slope." Tian Zhancai hated iron a little, his eldest son, since he couldn't give birth to a son, he became more and more cowardly.
The reason why Tian Zhancai agreed to Tian Miao's mention was to find a way out for his family, and secondly, to let his son regain his confidence. How can a big man do it if he doesn't have the confidence? When he dies, what will he do? It's really pitiful for the hearts of parents all over the world, no matter how old their children are, there is no time to worry.
"Don't move, there's a flock of pheasants ahead." After Tian Miao reached the top of the mountain, she walked in the front, her reason was that she was small and could not see the road behind her father.
The Tian family father and son hunted for the first time in their lives, and when they heard that there was prey, they were both nervous and excited. Tian Youjin held the crossbow in both hands, Tian Zhancai also raised the giant slingshot in his hand, and Tian Miao was naturally ready.
The three of them all stared motionless ahead, Tian Miao took the lead in shooting an arrow, and a fat pheasant fell in response.
The other pheasants heard the sound and immediately scattered in all directions, and Tian Youjin and Tian Zhancai also launched the first blow in their lives at this time.
Tian Youjin's crossbow flew down with the pheasant, but Tian Zhancai's sharp stones were very powerful, and I don't know if he was lucky or accurate. Anyway, he hit a pheasant in the head, and the pheasant didn't even struggle, and died of exhaustion.
The three of them won the first battle, and excitedly put the loot into Tian Youjin's back basket, Tian Zhancai felt as if he had returned to his childhood. At that time, he was the most accurate slingshot in the village, and I remember that at that time, he didn't beat sparrows.
"Dad, give you this thing, I'll use a slingshot." Tian Youjin saw that both of them had gained, but he was empty-handed, and he felt very faceless.
can't compare to his father, he is quite balanced, but losing to Tian Miao, he can't stand this kind of stimulation. Regardless of Tian Zhancai's reaction, he snatched the slingshot.
"Isn't this thing much better than a slingshot?" Tian Zhancai smiled and took the crossbow.
"This one should be higher when it is aimed, and when this arrow is fired, it will sink. If there is wind, there is a greater change, and you can find the feeling with more use, which is much stronger than a slingshot. Tian Miao demonstrated to them.
"Miao'er, why do you understand so well?" Tian Youjin realized that Tian Miao's movements were smooth, as if she had practiced tens of thousands of times, not at all like she was clumsy.
"Huh? I practiced secretly in order to be able to use it well. Tian Miao opened her eyes and said nonsense.